Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 198 A pleasant day trip to the brigade.

After making the call, Li Yunlong personally led a large transport team to the brigade headquarters.

More than 1000 mules and pack horses loaded with food and various supplies formed a nearly 10-kilometer-long queue on the road.

"Brigadier, Brigadier."

"I've come to congratulate you on your fortune."

Li Yunlong took his guards and rode ahead on horseback. Along with the sound of horses' roaring voices, Li Yunlong's loud voice was heard in the brigade headquarters.

The brigade staff who heard Li Yunlong's voice ran out to see what was happening.

"Captain Li is here?"

"I heard that Captain Li won another battle."

"Isn't it?"

"A few days ago, the New 800st Regiment captured Wuxiang County in half an hour, wiping out more than Japanese and puppet troops."

"awesome!"

Nowadays, Li Yunlong is very popular in the brigade headquarters. Many soldiers want to join the New 1st Regiment. The New Regiment not only has good food, but more importantly, it can often win battles.

"coming?"

The brigade commander came out to greet them with a group of brigade staff. The brigade commander looked at Li Yunlong with a very satisfied expression.

This time, Li Yunlong led the New 800st Regiment to recapture Wuxiang County in half an hour and wiped out more than Japanese troops. As expected, he made headlines again.

YA, Principal Chang and Yan Laoxi all sent telegrams of commendation.

Everyone came to the brigade headquarters, and the brigade commander said, "You guys attacked the city too quickly this time. I was planning to set up a siege and attack the reinforcements, but the Japanese puppet army's reinforcements retreated as soon as they left the city."

The brigade commander and other leaders of the brigade have already read the battle report that Li Yunlong asked Zhao Gang to write.

It has to be said that the ability to recapture Wuxiang County in such a short time was due not only to the proper use of special forces, but also to a large extent to luck.

"Hey hey hey."

"Brigade Commander, this is not my fault. It's the devils and puppet troops who can't stop fighting."

"I didn't expect that after the propaganda chief gave a speech, the Japanese and puppet troops would start fighting each other. I got a great advantage for nothing."

The New 100st Regiment suffered relatively low casualties in this battle, with a total of less than casualties.

The brigade commander drummed his fingers on the table and warned, "Next time something like this happens, communicate more with the brigade headquarters and don't do it yourself."

In this battle, Li Yunlong had an opportunity to act independently, and he also sent a signalman to inform the brigade headquarters. Since they had won a great victory, the brigade commander could not say much.

The main reason for failing to encircle and attack the reinforcements was that they did not expect Li Yunlong to act so quickly and did not make a detailed plan in advance.

If the brigade had sent someone or sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, asking him to slow down his attack on the city, perhaps they would have been able to successfully encircle and defeat the reinforcements.

But if this happens, Li Yunlong's battle plan will change, which will affect the entire siege plan.

"Yes." Li Yunlong said hurriedly, "Next time for sure."

The brigade commander nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to give the brigade a gift? Where is the gift?"

"On the way."

Li Yunlong took out a list from his pocket and handed it to the brigade commander:

"Commander, please look, this is a great gift from me to the brigade."

The brigade commander took it and looked at it, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"250 tons of grain."

"More than 1 rifles."

"32 light and heavy machine guns."

"20 10mm machine guns."

"60 submachine guns."

"More than 70 million rounds of ammunition."

"20 rounds of 1mm machine gun ammunition."

Li Yunlong gave all the weapons, ammunition and spoils obtained from the attack on the county town to the brigade commander.

It was the equipment of another main force regiment, and it was a main force regiment with strong firepower, and it was also equipped with food.

After reading the contents of the list, the brigade commander's face was full of smiles.

"Li Yunlong, I like your gift very much!"

"As long as you like it, Commander."

Suddenly, the brigade commander said seriously, "Li Yunlong, do you have any requests?"

Li Yunlong shook his head: "Report to the brigade commander, I have no request."

"No request?" The brigade commander's eyes were full of surprise. Li Yunlong was a guy who would not do anything without profit. This time he took the initiative to give the brigade a big gift, but he didn't ask for anything?

Li Yunlong said seriously, "I really don't have any requests. I just feel the conditions at the brigade headquarters in southeastern Shanxi are difficult, so I'm sending some supplies as a token of my appreciation. As for our New 1st Regiment, when we arrive at the Jinzhong base, we'll guard the enemy's two railway lines, cling to Boss Lin's leg, and enjoy a life of luxury."

"That's true." The brigade commander nodded. This kid's awareness is indeed higher than before, which is commendable!

This kid must have been lucky, but he actually managed to get close to Boss Lin. "However, since you gave the brigade a big gift, I want to give you one too." Li Yunlong could refuse it, but the brigade commander had to give it.

After all, the brigade will still rely on Li Yunlong to make money in the future, so we must take a long-term view and not just focus on the immediate petty profits.

"Oh?" This was the first time the brigade commander gave Li Yunlong a gift. Li Yunlong asked, "Brigade commander, what's the gift?"

"As the saying goes, a hero needs three helpers," the brigade commander said. "After Zhong Zhicheng was transferred to the new 7th Regiment, your regimental headquarters will only have you, Zhao Gang, and Xing Zhiguo. This won't work, so I've assigned you a few staff officers: an intelligence officer, a training officer, and a communications officer."

"Wang Shoujin from your logistics department is a veteran revolutionary. You can promote him to logistics advisor."

"As for the Chief of Staff, the army is currently undergoing a major expansion, and there's a shortage of experienced staff officers everywhere..."

The main responsibility of the training staff is to formulate training plans and organize their implementation based on the training outline and the actual situation of the troops.

Intelligence staff and communications staff, as the name suggests, are mainly responsible for intelligence and communications work.

The brigade commander took into consideration that once the New 1st Regiment arrived at the Jinzhong base, the troops would inevitably grow rapidly. If there were only three people in the regimental headquarters, they would be extremely busy.

Li Yunlong said: "Comrade Xing Zhiguo can be appointed as deputy regimental commander and chief of staff."

"That's fine too." The brigade commander nodded. "If there's a suitable political commissar and chief of staff, I'll send them to the new regiment as soon as possible."

"Chief of Staff is fine, but forget about the Political Commissar," Li Yunlong said. "I can handle the brigade commander, regimental commander, and political commissar tasks all by myself. If someone from the old faction keeps me under control, I won't be able to move freely. Then, wouldn't it affect the entire Eighth Route Army's plans for prosperity? Don't you agree?"

"Don't try to play tricks on me, kid." The brigade commander snorted, "If I don't send someone to keep you under control, you'll definitely make a scene."

Li Yunlong had no way to deal with this matter. If he sent an old revolutionary like Zhong Zhicheng to partner with him, it would be barely okay. But if he sent a scholar to cause trouble and give blind orders... it would depend on whether Li Yunlong could deal with him or not.

"Yes, Brigadier General."

Li Yunlong's expression changed as if he remembered something, and he suddenly said:

"I have received reliable intelligence that the Japanese army is about to form the First Army, and its headquarters will be stationed in Taiyuan. The commander will be Katsuki Seiji and the chief of staff will be Tanaka Ryukichi. They will specifically target our Eighth Route Army."

"This is intelligence data about the formation of the First Army and the Japanese officers of the First Army."

As he spoke, Li Yunlong took out another piece of intelligence information about the First Army and handed it to the brigade commander.

Li Yunlong did not give the brigade commander any intelligence information about how to kill Guanyuan Liu and obtain heavy artillery.

It’s not that Li Yunlong doesn’t trust the brigade commander, but he plans to give the brigade commander a surprise after the task is accomplished. If the task fails, wouldn’t the brigade commander be happy for nothing?
The brigade commander quickly scanned the information, his expression serious. "This information is very important to our Eighth Route Army... Was it provided by Boss Lin?"

As an excellent intelligence officer, the brigade commander can remember all the contents of the intelligence materials by just scanning them once.

This intelligence material even provided the itineraries of Kazuki Seiji and Tanaka Takayoshi, which was a bit too detailed.

It was extremely difficult for the underground workers of the Eighth Route Army to obtain such information, let alone such detailed information.

"Yes."

Li Yunlong nodded and said with a rather regretful tone, "What a pity! If only we had planes, we could know the itinerary of these two old devils and send fighter planes to shoot them down in mid-air."

Boss Lin said that as the cooperation deepens and strengthens, aircraft will be provided to the Eighth Route Army in future cooperation, and Li Yunlong is looking forward to it.

The brigade commander said, "We don't have planes, but the Nationalist army does."

"I can report this to headquarters and ask them to contact the Nationalist army and send fighter jets to intercept the attack."

"However, don't hold your hopes too high. The Nationalist army may not believe our intelligence."

Li Yunlong nodded. Although it was the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the two sides had fought for 10 years and no one trusted each other.

Li Yunlong changed the subject and said, "By the way, Brigade Commander, I have a small request."

The brigade commander asked, "What's the request?"

Li Yunlong said: "I want 10 radio operators."

The brigade commander asked, "What do you need so many radio operators for?"

Li Yunlong said, "Hehehe... I got 10 radios for free from Boss Lin. When we got to the Jinzhong base, it was easier for the various regiments and troops to communicate."

Generally speaking, a radio station requires two people to operate, namely the radio operator is responsible for sending and receiving telegrams, and the decoder is responsible for translating the codes into telegrams.

However, the Eighth Route Army lacked technical personnel who understood radio, and in most cases, one radio station could only be equipped with one radio operator.

The brigade commander said, "We don't have many radio operators. I can only apply to headquarters for five radios for you. You have to hand in the remaining five."

He was robbed again... But this time Li Yunlong said happily: "Yes!"

The radio is enough for now. Anyway, you can get it after you kill officers above the rank of colonel.

Once we arrive at the Jinzhong base, we can start training radio operators ourselves. It's difficult but not too difficult. It requires intellectuals to handle it, so we just need to recruit some students.

"correct…"

The brigade commander suddenly patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder and said:
"Your Blade Commando is pretty good. How about giving it to me?"

The brigade commander read the battle report and found that the Sharp Blade Commando successfully beheaded the Japanese military police headquarters at the cost of one person being slightly injured.

This combat capability is already top-notch in the Eighth Route Army, and even the brigade commander is a little envious.

"No, no, no."

After a pause, Li Yunlong emphasized his tone: "I absolutely won't give it to you. Robbing my Blade Commando is worse than robbing my wife."

"Get lost," the brigade commander scolded with a smile, "You don't even know which mother-in-law's belly your wife is in."

(End of this chapter)